need some help??

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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:24:46 GMT, "Devin Panchal"
<d.panchal@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>how can i setup a home network?? (e.g. between a wireless laptop and pc)
>i've tried using the network wizard, but i cant get it to work proerly.

What/which network wizard? If it's the "home networking" wizard, you
just setup ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) and effectively made a
mess.

>i just want to transfer some files from the laptop to the pc.
>and share a printer if its possible.

I'll assume you're using Windoze XP. You'll be amazed at how much
better help you get when you disclose what you have to work with.

File sharing:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidshrh.htm

Printer sharing is just right click on the printer icon and select
"Sharing".

>also, do i have go into the connection screen, and install 'file and printer
>sharing for micrsoft windows'??

Yes. However, it should have been installed by default in Windoze XP.
It should look something like this:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidcnf2.htm

Try blundering through the diagnostics at:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidtstc.htm
and see if anything obvious is amis.

The usual problem is that one machine has received a proper IP address
via DHCP and is at 192.168.xxx.xxx, while the other machine hickuped
or something and ended up with a defaulted IP address as
169.254.xxx.xxx. Networking and sharing will work just fine as long
as BOTH machines are in the same block of IP addresses, but not when
they're that different. Lots of other ways to do it wrong, but that's
what I've seen as the most common because twiddling with the settings
does not necessarily convince XP to ask the router DHCP server for a
new IP address.

Incidentally, the shift key on your keyboard appears to be broken.
You really should get that fixed.


--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

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so do u have to change it to a static address?? i thought i needed to have a
dynamic address, so i can share the internet connection.

my pc and laptop is connected to a wireless router. the router is connected
to the internet.

devin


"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:24:46 GMT, "Devin Panchal"
> <d.panchal@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> >how can i setup a home network?? (e.g. between a wireless laptop and pc)
> >i've tried using the network wizard, but i cant get it to work proerly.
>
> What/which network wizard? If it's the "home networking" wizard, you
> just setup ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) and effectively made a
> mess.
>
> >i just want to transfer some files from the laptop to the pc.
> >and share a printer if its possible.
>
> I'll assume you're using Windoze XP. You'll be amazed at how much
> better help you get when you disclose what you have to work with.
>
> File sharing:
> http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidshrh.htm
>
> Printer sharing is just right click on the printer icon and select
> "Sharing".
>
> >also, do i have go into the connection screen, and install 'file and
printer
> >sharing for micrsoft windows'??
>
> Yes. However, it should have been installed by default in Windoze XP.
> It should look something like this:
> http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidcnf2.htm
>
> Try blundering through the diagnostics at:
> http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidtstc.htm
> and see if anything obvious is amis.
>
> The usual problem is that one machine has received a proper IP address
> via DHCP and is at 192.168.xxx.xxx, while the other machine hickuped
> or something and ended up with a defaulted IP address as
> 169.254.xxx.xxx. Networking and sharing will work just fine as long
> as BOTH machines are in the same block of IP addresses, but not when
> they're that different. Lots of other ways to do it wrong, but that's
> what I've seen as the most common because twiddling with the settings
> does not necessarily convince XP to ask the router DHCP server for a
> new IP address.
>
> Incidentally, the shift key on your keyboard appears to be broken.
> You really should get that fixed.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:34:52 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

>
> You really should fix the shift key on your keyboard.

It could be his cazapitor.

(ok, I'm done now)
--
Barry